For our 13th Annual Winter Film Festival we were honored to screen 87 outstanding films from 20 countries.
We congratulate all of our filmmakers for their outstanding work!
Best Picture
WINNER
My Heavenly City
NOMINEES
Reflections in a Room
Smoking Tigers
The Fix
Best Director
WINNER
Run
NOMINEES
My Heavenly City
Reflections in a Room
The Strange Dark
Best NYC Film
WINNER
Fighting Back
NOMINEES
Finding My Voice
My Heavenly City
You Don’t Have to Like Me
IndiePix Vision Award
WINNERS
A Wonderful Way with Dragons
My Heavenly City
Smoking Tigers
Best Documentary Feature
WINNER
The Prison Show
NOMINEES
Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s
Ray of Hope
Ultimate Citizens
Best Short Film
WINNER
Chocolate With Sprinkles
NOMINEES
The Canon
The Imposter
Yellow
Best Documentary Short Film
WINNER
R.E.S.C.U.E.
NOMINEES
Es La Vida
Fighting Back
Finding My Voice
Winter Fear Best Horror Film
WINNER
The Cursed Land
NOMINEES
Bring Me the Head of a Smiling Pig
Juggernaut
Vivir
Best Animated Film
WINNER
Our Uniform
NOMINEES
Circle
The Dog Tied to the Shed
The Lovers
Best Music Video
WINNER
Shaka Shams – Balrog
NOMINEES
Back and Forth
Say Something
The Deep Rolling: Magma
Best Web Series
WINNER
Girls Aren’t Funny
NOMINEES
Girls in Trouble: The Series – Vashti
Groupies
Best Student Film
WINNER
Humanzee
NOMINEES
Bring Me the Head of a Smiling Pig
Desync
Sound of the Divine Bell
About Winter Film Festival
New York City’s 13th Annual Winter Film Festival runs February 19-23 2025 includes 87 outstanding films, a diverse mixture of animated films, documentaries, comedies, romances, dramas, horror films, music videos and web series of all lengths. Our five-day event is jam-packed with screenings and Q&A sessions at NYC’s LOOK Cinemas, six Education sessions/workshops and a variety of filmmaker networking events all coming to a glittering close on February 25 with our red-carpet gala Awards Ceremony.
Winter Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the amazing diversity of voices in indie film and our 2025 lineup is half made by women and half by people of color. Filmmakers come from 20 countries and 30% of our films were made in the New York City area. 15 films were made by students and 26 are works from first-time filmmakers.
Winter Film Festival programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Visit https://winterfilmfest.org/wff2025/ for more information.
